The Kanata Stallions could not stop the Smiths Falls Bears' Chris Maniccia, who tallied a hat trick in an 8-3 win.

Maniccia got on the scoresheet 1:51 into the first period. He then added goals at 1:41 into the second and at 7:48 into the third.

Referees had their hands full with a major incident at 1:21 into the third period. Four fighting penalties were dished out along with two game misconducts.

Smiths Falls made Stallions' goaltenders to work all game long, racking up 45 shots and forcing 37 saves. Gunner Rivers made 30 stops and Brandon Lane made seven. The Bears outdid their season average for goals scored. Smiths Falls has scored at the pace of 3.8 goals per game during the current campaign.

Smiths Falls additionally got points from Blaine Byron, who also racked up one goal and one assist, Nic Marchand, who also grabbed one goal and one assist, Connor McLaren, who also finished with one goal and one assist, and Jeffrey Carroll, who also tallied one goal and one assist. Smiths Falls also got a goal from Daniele Disipio as well. Other players who recorded assists for Smiths Falls were Tyler Akeson, who had two, Yannick Crete, who had four, and Chris MacMillan, Ryan Eardley, Stefano Momesso, and Brett Costello, who each chipped in one.

The Bears' Jimmy Howe stopped 20 shots out of the 23 that he faced. Smiths Falls totaled 13 minutes in penalty time with four minors and one major and went 2-for-6 on the power play. For the Bears, Adam Abu-Ali was ejected from the game. Kanata totaled 17 minutes in penalty time with six minors and one major and went 1-for-4 on the power play. The Stallions ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Cole Hutchinson was ejected from the game.